Revolving firearm



PATENTED JAN. 12, 1904.

A. L. MOLLETT. REVOLVING FIREARM.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 31, 1902.

NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented January 12, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

TO MARY ELIZABETH JOHNSON,

FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS.

EXECUTRIX OF IVER JOHNSGN', OF

REVOLVING FIREARM.

SPECIFICATION forming part M Letters Patent No. 749,212, dated January 12, 1904. Application filed December 31, 1902. th.] 110. 137,298. (No model.)

To'all whom it may-concern:

Be it known that I, ALLEXANDER L. MOL- Ln'rr, a citizen of the United-States, residing at Stonecoal, in the county of Wayne and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Firearms, of which the following is a specification, accompanied by drawings forming. a part of the same, in which I Figure 1 represents aside view-of a revolving firearm em ing my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view with the hinged half-of the frame swn-ngon its pivot in order to disclose the lock mechanism, and Fig. 3-representsthe opposite side of the hingedhalf of the frame from that shown. in Fig; 2.-

Similar reference-figures refer to similar parts in the different views.

My present invention .relates'to the con struction of the frame of a firearm; and it consists in forming the frame in two parts, with one part pivoted or hinged to the remaining part of the frame and adapted to be swung. on its pivot in order to-disclose the lock mechanism.

In the accompanying-drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of a revolving-firearm. embodyingmy invention, in which-1 denotes the frame, 2 the barrel, hinged to the frame by aihi-nge-pin' '3 in the usual manner. The frame 1 consists-of two parts divided verticalb and connected by the hinge-pin 3.; The right hand part of the frame, as the tire arm .is held in the hand, is represented at :4, Fig. 2, and it is provided with a recessed portion-5to contain the look mechanism, comprisingin the present instance a hammer 6'" pivoted mpon apin-17, 1a liammerespring 18, an a-triggert), pivoted upona pin .lflwandaetuated by a trigger-spring 11;; but any well-known;

form smock mechanism may be nsedfi'n lieu of that represented." The-other art-of the frame (represented at is hin to-the'part 4 by the hinge'pin 3 and is provided iiv'itlraa hole 1 3mreceive the trigger'spin and with .a

hole 14 to reeeivetlie-hammer-pin: The piw oted part 1210f the trainer consists of aiplate: 15, adapted to-eover the or-nhambenfi and having at its lower edge arib 16, to which the trigger-guard 17 is attached. The rib 1 6, which is mortised or cut awayat 18 to provide' a space for the trigger 9, is-extended and curved downwardly at 19, corresponding to a .similarly curved pron-g 20 on the part 4 to form the butt or handle of the firearm; The prongs 19 and '20 are conveniently connected together atthei-r lower ends by a screw 21, which passes through :a hole in the prong 20 and is screwed into-a screw threaded. hole in therprong '19. The-two halves are also pref-'- era-bly joined together'by avsorew22, ,pas'sing through a hole- 23 in the giant 1-2 and entering a screwthreaded ihole124 in the part4. The space bet een the :prongs -19'=and 20 may be utilized, i desired, as achamber for alarmmer-spring .8 and'iprov'ided with a coverflfi,

Fig.1 1, (also indicated bybroken'lines-26,.-Fig.

2,) which is attached to one of the prongs forming the handle.

When it is required to uncover the 'Eloc-lr mechanism, the pivotal pins 1'4" and 10 of the {hammer and trigger are pushed back out of :the hinged part12 of the frame and the screws 21 and 22 vwitlnlrawn, thereby allowing-the gpa-rt 1211f theirame sto be-swungonzthe ihiagepin 3 into the nosition shown'in Fig.; 2.1

1 elaimas my invention, and desire to secure by Lettersiatent, is

1. in ,:a firearm, .a-irame-and a barrel y hingemin, the-nergd 'c nstmcted inatwo pivo' I substantially as 6550mm '2. In afirearm, comprising a frame and a I 81 bination with said barrel, of ahandleintwo barrel hinged thereto by a hingwpin, the compartaone of said parts -beinghinged to-swid barrel by the hinge-pinand adapted-to receive the lockmechanism and the'otherof hing-ed to-said barrel by the hinge-pinned arform a eoverior the lock mecham ism, substantially as-described.

3.; In :a the reomhinationof :a mm

.abarrel hinged therete hy ahin eqiin, said fraxma heingdi-vided and y connected .noinmi'dent' with said hinge pimand concentrically. with said hinge-pin,

means for holding the parts of thelframe in fixed relations to eeohobher, substantially as described." 4 ",1 4. In a firearm, the'oombinafio'n with 2L barrel, of a frame divided into two parts throughout its'length, a hinge-pin pivotally' connectin each part with the barrel and with each 'ofifier', pivotal" pins for'a lock meohar'iism jointly held"i1.iboth parts of eid frame, and

means for holding said parts together, substantially-as described.

" 5. In a firearm, the combination with a barreL-of a frame formed in two parts by a, lo n gitudinal division, :1 hinge-pin iii an? end of said frame by which the 1 W0 party; are pivotally connected Withthelzarrel and viiith each other, means at the oppos'i e. e'rld of'sid frame for uniting said parts together, aspaoe between said parts for a lock mechanism and a lock mechanism held thereimsubstantially as described. J I i i Dated this 8th day of- December, 1902.

ALLEXA'NDE'R LJMDLLEITT.

Witnesses:

U. G. PARSLEY, JESSE WILLIAMSON. 

